general sega? >> sir, our community did not address the term of the nasa administrator. >> do you have a judgment, an opinion? >> i don't. i haven't thought through it. >> that's fine. thank you. dr. pace? >> as an academic i would answer it depends. i would say that, i think a slightly longer term or a set term could be useful but i share congressman walker's concern about making sure that there's acceptance of that on the part of both the house and the senate. that that was, if that was the judgement of both house and senate, that a longer term would be part of that stable approach, then i think yes. if there wasn't such agreement then i don't think it would be terribly useful for the reasons he described. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for the time allotted. also thank you for the opportunity to serve under your leadership over the past two years as chairman of this committee. it's been a real pleasure. >> thank you. it might be one thing the house and senate could agree on, both would be against i